The Rugger Boys is a series of comics, drawn by Poupard and written by Beka , recounting the adventures of club rugby in the fictional town of Paillar, located in south-western France. Excerpts of the comic were used to illustrate the album Panini Rugby 2009 .
They are sturdy Frenchmen, big eaters and drinkers, more physical than intellectual, more losers than winners... They like to punch it up during matches and won’t, for anything in the world, miss their third half-time at the bar... Who are they? The Rugger Boys of the Bawd-Room Club, of course! With the Rugger Boys, readers infiltrate the heart of the cloakroom, the scrum, the clubhouse and the legendary third half-time...